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Here are some highlights from the game. SMART lost the game, but it was an interesting game to watch!
Once again, annoying arena for a camera...
And here we are with another Scolari & Final I visit on 12/22/23, this one being #392 in Paso Robles.
This Smart & Final "Extra" is the first Smart & Final to open in a former Scolari's, however Smart & Final took over this Scolari's right away unlike the San Luis Obispo store.
While Scolari's opened this location as a new-build in 2007, also their newest store and last store they ever build, it actually took the spot of an original Scolari's location. Previously, Scolari's built a store at this site in 1976, however was sold to Lucky when they first exited the Central Coast, just for the Scolari family to re-enter the market in the late 80's. When Albertsons merged with Lucky in 1999, this store was one of several store's divested to Ralphs (pre-Kroger) in the Central Coast. Kroger decided to close this Ralphs in 2006, and since Scolari's still owned the property, they decided to tear down the old store and rebuild a new store at the site to their at the time current standards.
After a 4-year run, this Scolari's once again closed along with the rest of their California stores in 2012, and was quickly scooped up by Smart & Final, opening the next year as their first Paso Robles location. A second Smart & Final in Paso opened on the other end of town in a former Haggen/Vons in 2016, one of the 33 former Haggen's they purchased.
When Smart & Final opened this specific store, they walled off part of the store, and that portion is now sub-leased to an AutoZone. The walled off portion is very evident in this store, as it's obvious those who have been in this store as a Scolari's where the store was cut off. Where Scolari's had most of their service departments located is where the walled off portion is now, with that side of the store now having Dairy coolers and the frozen foods departments, as well as the beer, wine and liquor towards the front of the store, however, both entrances to the store remain in the same spot that they were as a Scolari's. The Smart & Final had an operational butcher counter from Scolari's for a while on the left-side of the store where produce is now, which was the only service counter on this side of the store. Smart & Final more recently installed an additional meat cooler in that spot officially blocking off the service counter, for they typically don't run service counters in their store's.
Speaking of Smart & Final's, the "Extra" moniker which is added to their stores is supposed to mean an expanded assortment of groceries, however, it seems almost every Smart & Final store now is a "Extra" store, including this one and the previous one I posted, so I don't know exactly what extra grocery assortment this store offers, as it is still a basic warehouse grocery chain which doesn't offer much, if any, supermarket services, which is why I wonder if the moniker means anything at this point. I find it similar to how Walmart Supercenter at this point just means a normal Walmart, since a supercenter is now their standard store model for every new-build store.
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And here we are with another Scolari & Final I visit on 12/22/23, this one being #392 in Paso Robles.
This Smart & Final "Extra" is the first Smart & Final to open in a former Scolari's, however Smart & Final took over this Scolari's right away unlike the San Luis Obispo store.
While Scolari's opened this location as a new-build in 2007, also their newest store and last store they ever build, it actually took the spot of an original Scolari's location. Previously, Scolari's built a store at this site in 1976, however was sold to Lucky when they first exited the Central Coast, just for the Scolari family to re-enter the market in the late 80's. When Albertsons merged with Lucky in 1999, this store was one of several store's divested to Ralphs (pre-Kroger) in the Central Coast. Kroger decided to close this Ralphs in 2006, and since Scolari's still owned the property, they decided to tear down the old store and rebuild a new store at the site to their at the time current standards.
After a 4-year run, this Scolari's once again closed along with the rest of their California stores in 2012, and was quickly scooped up by Smart & Final, opening the next year as their first Paso Robles location. A second Smart & Final in Paso opened on the other end of town in a former Haggen/Vons in 2016, one of the 33 former Haggen's they purchased.
When Smart & Final opened this specific store, they walled off part of the store, and that portion is now sub-leased to an AutoZone. The walled off portion is very evident in this store, as it's obvious those who have been in this store as a Scolari's where the store was cut off. Where Scolari's had most of their service departments located is where the walled off portion is now, with that side of the store now having Dairy coolers and the frozen foods departments, as well as the beer, wine and liquor towards the front of the store, however, both entrances to the store remain in the same spot that they were as a Scolari's. The Smart & Final had an operational butcher counter from Scolari's for a while on the left-side of the store where produce is now, which was the only service counter on this side of the store. Smart & Final more recently installed an additional meat cooler in that spot officially blocking off the service counter, for they typically don't run service counters in their store's.
Speaking of Smart & Final's, the "Extra" moniker which is added to their stores is supposed to mean an expanded assortment of groceries, however, it seems almost every Smart & Final store now is a "Extra" store, including this one and the previous one I posted, so I don't know exactly what extra grocery assortment this store offers, as it is still a basic warehouse grocery chain which doesn't offer much, if any, supermarket services, which is why I wonder if the moniker means anything at this point. I find it similar to how Walmart Supercenter at this point just means a normal Walmart, since a supercenter is now their standard store model for every new-build store.
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"Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities" by Peter Fox-Penner
Photo by Sierra Smith
Dinadamı Thomas Smart Hughes (1786-1847), Cambridge'de klasik edebiyat ve dinbilimi dallarında parlak bir öğrenim görmüştür. R.T. Parker'ın eğitimcisi olarak ömründe Doğu'ya bir tek yolculuk gerçekleştirdi. 1812 yılında Zakinthos adasına ulaştıktan sonra Patra'ya uğrayıp Peloponez'in çeşitli arkeolojik yöre ve şehirlerini ziyaret ediyorlar.
Atina'dayken ayrıca şehrin kültürel hayatına ve eğitime ilgi gösterdiler. Hughes 1814'de R. Cockerell ile Yanya'ya yolculuk yapıp burada misafir olarak kaldıkları ve kendilerinden dört yıl önce Lord Byron ile Hobhouse'un kalmış olduğu Nikolos Argiris (Vretos)'un köşkünün ayrıntılı bir tanımını vermekte. Şehrin önde gelenleri hatta Yanya valisi Tepedelenli Ali Paşa'nın kendisi tarafından kabul edilen Hughes Ali Paşa ile ilk görüşmesini kuvvetli duygularla sergilemekte. Paşanın şahsiyeti ile ilgili isabetli gözlemler yapan Hughes bu zorbanın ülkesinde hüküm süren yaşama şartlarına, dini inançlarına ve eğitime değinirken son derece adil bir tavır benimsemektedir: "Geçmiş devirlere yada Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun başka eyaletlerine kıyasla buradaki halkın durumu çok iyidir. Farklı dinlere karşı hoşgörü uygulanması yanısıra örgütlenmiş bir monarşik iktidar hiziplerin yerini almıştır. Ülkede emniyet hakim, hırsızlıklar yok olmuş durumda, yeni yollar ve kanallar açılmış, ırmaklarda kayıklar çalışmakta, tarım ilerlemekte, ticaret gelişmekte, eğitimde ise kapılar açık..."
Hughes Parga'daki trajik olayları yakından yaşayıp bunları nesnel bir tavırla kaydetme ve yorumlama kaygısı içindedir. Coşkulu bir filhelen (yunansever) olan Hughes daha sonraki yıllarda Londra'da Yunan bağımsızlık savaşını destekleyen girişimlerde bulunup bu konuda çeşitli broşürler yayınladı. 1820 yılında yayınlanan kitabı duyarlı ve önyargısız bir tavırla ayrıntılı betimlemeler vermesi açısından Tepedelenli Ali Paşa devrinin en kayda değer gezi kitapları arasında yer almakta.
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Lt. Governor Miller speaks at the Inaugural SMARTER Symposium by Joe Andrucyk at Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies, 1700 E Cold Spring Ln, Baltimore MD 21251
I laid my book down and my glasses and saw a photo op.
I had to adjust them over a little to the right but not much. Good reading for a winter day.
They make him look a lot smarter than they do me.
2nd step for not completed Video Podcasts.
Make this playlist that pulls from the "ALL VIDEO" playlist you made in the last step. Select Podcast is true and play count is 0. Make sure "Match all" is selected here.
That's it! A live updating playlist of ONLY Video (and Audio on the other screen shot) that you have not completed watching (or listening) to.
Hope that helps!